Results 1-20 of 33 for drugs speaker:Joe O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (30 Jan 2024)

Joe O'Brien: The national drug strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, sets out government policy on drug and alcohol use for the period 2017 to 2025. The strategy provides an integrated health-led approach to drug and alcohol use, focused on reducing the harms for individuals, families and communities and promoting rehabilitation and recovery. The vision of Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (12 Dec 2023)

Joe O'Brien: The national drug strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, sets out government policy on drug and alcohol use for the period 2017 to 2025. The strategy provides an integrated health-led approach to drug and alcohol use, focused on reducing the harms for individuals, families and communities and promoting rehabilitation and recovery. The vision of Reducing Harm, Supporting...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Provision (7 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...discretion and grant a medical card even though an applicant exceeds the income guidelines where he or she faces difficult financial circumstances, such as extra costs arising from illness. Under the drug payment scheme, no individual or family pays more than €80 a month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines, which include some HRT medication. In budget 2023, VAT was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Misuse of Drugs (13 Jun 2023)

Joe O'Brien: I understand the submission from Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign to the Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use makes a number of suggestions for key areas of action, including further investment in community development responses and the need to enhance the voice of communities in tackling deprivation and its links with drug abuse. The Deputy will appreciate that some of the actions called for in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Misuse of Drugs (13 Jun 2023)

Joe O'Brien: I will flesh out a little my Department’s responsibilities on the national drug strategy. My Department has two main goals within the strategy, both of which are implemented under SICAP. These are to provide supports, including homework clubs, additional tuition and career guidance counselling and to support community awareness of drugs programmes and youth work in collaboration with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Misuse of Drugs (13 Jun 2023)

Joe O'Brien: I also want to mention the role of drug task forces. Local and regional drug and alcohol task forces implement the national drug strategy in the context of the needs of their local areas. The strategy is implemented through action plans that have identified existing and emerging gaps in supply reduction, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and research. In my own area, I would mention...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Joe O'Brien: My officials have regular engagement with the Department of Health regarding the National Drugs Strategy. My Department is represented on the Strategic Implementation Group (4) of Reducing Harm and Supporting Recovery. This group comprises sectoral, agency and Departmental officials. The strategy is relevant to my Department's work in the community and voluntary sectors as it is vital in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drugs Strategy (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: I am aware that some drugs task forces, which do not sit fully in our Department, have vacancies in the community seats. It is vitally important that the community perspective is represented on the drugs task forces. The community side is particularly important because community engagement can play a huge preventative role in stopping people from falling in the wrong direction. It also...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drugs Strategy (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...to my officials about this and, at a national level, this is what we do to make sure everyone at the table is aware of the various options available to them in the battle against the damage that drugs are doing to communities. While it is in another Department, I have to mention the community employment drugs rehabilitation scheme, because the work it is doing is amazing across the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drugs Strategy (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: My officials have regular engagement with the Department of Health regarding the national drugs strategy. My Department is represented on the strategic implementation group 4, SIG 4, reducing harm and supporting recovery. This group comprises sectoral, agency and departmental officials. The strategy is relevant to my Department's work in the community and voluntary sectors as it is vital in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: 600. To ask the Minister for Health the process in writing by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban; the reason that the drug cannot be prescribed by a GP on the DPS (details supplied); if he will outline the current standard practice in other EU member states; his Department’s recommendations to help with the extreme nausea and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: 592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of prescriptions for cariban which have been processed by the HSE through the general medical services and drugs payment schemes to date. [6588/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (15 Dec 2022)

Joe O'Brien: My officials have regular engagement with the Department of Health regarding the National Drugs Strategy. My Department is represented on the Strategic Implementation Group (4) of Reducing Harm and Supporting Recovery. This group comprises sectoral, agency and Departmental officials. The strategy is relevant to my Department's work in the community and voluntary sectors as it is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (27 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: My officials have regular engagement with the Department of Health regarding the National Drugs Strategy. My Department is represented on the Strategic Implementation Group (4) of Reducing Harm and Supporting Recovery. This group comprises sectoral, agency and Departmental officials. The strategy is relevant to my Department's work in the community and voluntary sectors as it is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Substance Misuse (15 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Brien: My officials have regular engagement with the Department of Health regarding the National Drugs Strategy. My Department is represented on the Strategic Implementation Group (4) of Reducing Harm and Supporting Recovery. This group comprises sectoral, agency and Departmental officials. The strategy is relevant to my Department's work in the community and voluntary sectors as it is vital in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ..., through the local CE community development officers, work closely with schemes on all aspects of their operation while department officials meet centrally with various groups and organisations such as the Drugs Advisory Group and the Irish Local Development Network. Minister Humphreys and I also interact regularly with schemes at ground level by visiting and engaging with schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Jun 2022)

Joe O'Brien: 755. To ask the Minister for Health the status of talks between the HSE and an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the life-changing cystic fibrosis drug therapy kaftrio to make this drug therapy available to 35 children with cystic fibrosis aged between six and eleven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33672/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects (4 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: As the Deputy is aware, Community Employment (CE) drug rehabilitation schemes have a very significant social inclusion focus, are well embedded in our local communities nationally and are generally engaged in significant levels of local service support and delivery. The role of the service support worker is crucial in providing these services. I refer to your question on behalf of...

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...; a temporary reduction in fares of 20% from the end of April to the end of the year to reduce the burden on people returning to the workplace and people using public transport, which will impact approximately 800,000 daily users; a further reduction in the drug payment scheme threshold to €80, which will benefit just over 70,000 families; the bringing forward of the working family...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Development Companies (5 Apr 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...and scoping relevant actions. These actions will be built upon and an implementation plan will be produced. A further three meetings are scheduled for later this year. Local and regional drug and alcohol task forces fall under the remit of the Department of Health.